Alternative combinations: Anadara (Anadara) silverdalensis, Arca (Scapharca) silverdalensis
Full reference: L.B. Kellum. 1926. Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Castle Hayne and Trent Marls in North Carolina. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (143)1-56
Belongs to Cunearca according to L. W. Ward 1992
See also Kellum 1926
Sister taxa: Anadara (Anadara), Anadara (Lunarca), Anadara (Mabellarca), Anadara (Rasia), Anadara (Tegillarca), Anadara aequatorialis, Anadara aequicostata, Anadara baughmani, Anadara callicestosa, Anadara campsa, Anadara concinna, Anadara congesta, Anadara craticulata, Anadara crebricostata, Anadara cretacea, Anadara dasia, Anadara daviesi, Anadara fichteli, Anadara firmata, Anadara formosa, Anadara garoensis, Anadara gourae, Anadara guayubinica, Anadara halidonata, Anadara hermidermos, Anadara jacksoni, Anadara kroensis, Anadara macneili, Anadara magnoliana, Anadara molengraaffii, Anadara montereyana, Anadara mummi, Anadara nugax, Anadara nux, Anadara obesa, Anadara obliquidens, Anadara osmonti, Anadara panensis, Anadara perlabiata, Anadara preangerensis, Anadara prephina, Anadara protracta, Anadara quilonensis, Anadara reinharti, Anadara riogurabonica, Anadara suboblonga, Anadara trilineata, Anadara tuberculosa, Anadara uropigimelana, Anadara woodringi, Arca (Anadara) heterosculpta, Anadara (Sectiarca) inaequilateralis, Anadara (Sectiarca) marksi, Anadara (Sectiarca) margaretae, Anadara (Sectiarca) riogurabonica, Anadara (Sectiarca) henekeni, Anadara (Sectiarca) floridana, Scapharca vanwinkleae, Scapharca eusphaera, Scapharca tjilanangensis, Scapharca broughtoni, Arca (Scapharca) aguadica, Scapharca axelolssoni, Scapharca inaequivalvis, Scapharca satowi, Anadara (Scapharca) inaequivalvis, Anadara (Scapharca) labiosa, Scapharca (Scapharca), Arca (Scapharca) ecuadoriana, Scapharca sedanensis, Arca (Scapharca) wheeleri, Scapharca crassissima, Scapharca meroensis, Scapharca rustica, Anadara (Scapharca) cepoides, Scapharca cornea, Arca (Scapharca) collazica, Arca (Scapharca) sansebastiana, Scapharca pinguescens, Scapharca chemnitzii, Anadara (Scapharca) spiekeri, Scapharca terhaari, Scapharca zorritosensis, Scapharca pertenuicosta, Arca (Scapharca) weeksi, Arca (Scapharca) hopkinsi, Scapharca crashleyi, Anadara (Scapharca) aviculaeformis, Anadara (Cunearca) boggsi, Scapharca (Cunearca) hamelini, Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana, Anadara (Cunearca) zorritoensis, Arca (Cunearca) cumanensis, Anadara (Cunearca) bifrons, Scapharca (Cunearca) vanderhoofi, Anadara (Cunearca) hindsi, Scapharca (Cunearca) rivulata, Scapharca (Cunearca) crandalli, Anadara (Cunearca) pittieri, Scapharca (Cunearca) rhombea, Anadara (Cunearca) berjadinensis, Anadara (Cunearca) telemba, Anadara (Cunearca) chemnitzioides, Anadara (Cunearca) lloydi, Scapharca (Cunearca) melloi, Scapharca (Cunearca) cumanensis, Anadara (Cunearca) rhombea, Arca (Cunearca) cacica, Anadara (Cunearca) buenavista, Cunearca lesueuri, Diluvarca (Cunearca) cardioides, Anadara (Cunearca) ferruginea, Scapharca (Cunearca) santaclarana, Anadara (Cunearca) caimitaca, Cunearca scalaris, Cunearca scalarina, Arca (Cunearca) esmeralda, Anadara (Cunearca) zorritensis, Anadara (Cunearca) melita, Anadara (Cunearca) cacica, Anadara (Cunearca) riocanensis, Anadara (Cunearca) corcupidonis, Anadara (Cunearca) inutilis, Anadara (Cunearca) hispaniolana, Imparilarca hubbardi, Larkinia multicostata, Anadara (Larkinia) sellardsi, Larkinia larkinii, Larkinia grandis, Larkinia camuloensis, Larkinia santana, Anadara (Larkinia) transversa, Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis, Anadara (Tosarca) columba, Anadara (Tosarca) campta, Anadara (Tosarca) veatchi, Anadara (Tosarca) tosaensis, Anadara (Grandiarca) patriarcha, Anadara (Grandiarca) usiacurii, Anadara (Grandiarca) chiriquiensis, Anadara (Grandiarca) garitensis, Anadara (Grandiarca) patricia, Potiarca bonplandiana, Anadara (Potiarca) saladillaensis, Arca (Senilia) senilis, Anadara (Caloosarca) crassicosta, Anadara (Caloosarca) biangulata, Anadara (Caloosarca) notoflorida, Anadara (Caloosarca) hoerleae, Anadara (Caloosarca) aequalitas, Anadara (Caloosarca) mompicha, Anadara (Caloosarca) rustica
Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 10655 (John Gilette Farm), Silverdale, Trent marl, Onslow Co., NC, which is in a Miocene marine marl/sandstone in the Trent Formation of North Carolina
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Oligocene of United States (3: North Carolina)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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